This large-scale exhibition displays twenty-three of Helen Frankenthaler’s woodcuts ranging from her earliest, made in 1973, to her last, made in 2009, along with proofs and paintings on wood used in the making of several of the editions. This is the artist’s first solo show in Norway and the most comprehensive presentation of her woodcuts in Europe to date.

This group exhibition brings together historical figures and contemporary artists for whom the night and nighttime are an inspiration for their work. With painting as a focus, the show includes photography, video art, and installations, offering conceptual parallels to music and literature.

The exhibition will explore large-scale abstract painting, sculpture, and assemblage, from the 1940s to the twenty-first century, through works from The Met collection and special loans. The Foundation is lending Western Dream, 1957.

This exhibition is the first presentation of Helen Frankenthaler’s work in Venice since its appearance in 1966 at the American Pavilion of the 33rd Venice Biennale. Covering a forty-year span of Frankenthaler’s career from the early 1950s to her richly atmospheric canvases of the early 1990s, it features fourteen panoramic paintings, all from the collection of the Foundation.